I was on a recent data warehousing call and the interest is apparent around Apache Spark. dashDB Local includes a deeply embedded Spark engine that provides both fast in-memory processing and also key analytics capabilities such as machine...

It's no secret that data volumes and workloads are growing. This is driving a hybrid data architecture where you can select the right deployment platform (cloud, private cloud or on premises) to match the data, workload and application requirements. ...

Software-defined environments can change the way we think about the world of application, integration and middleware. But what are they and how can you get started? Here are a few Q&As to help you quickly understand the technology and what it can do for...

Over the past few years, businesses have understood the significance of local seo and how it can boost their local visibility. However, when it comes to local blogging, most of the business owners shy away, as it requires time and effort to create an awesome...

ITCAM for Transactions 7.4 - Using RPT 9 Upgrade your environment to the latest ITCAM for Transactions 7.4.0.1+IF0008 and Rational Performance Tester 9! There are some requirements you should review before upgrading and then verify after you have installed...

Problems regarding renaming users in Domino Environment :Domino 8.5.3 on Windows 2008 Problem: Customer is now planing to change the users' OU from the child OU to parent OU (e.g. user/IT/ABC to user/ABC). They found some problems and...

Focus on your apps and services Bluemix Local is delivered as-a-service and in constant collaboration with your IT team. We partner on updates, platform health, patches and security fixes to ensure your environment is always current, available and ready...

Large enterprise product launches and announcements may occur on a reasonably regular basis, and in the current technology-indulged world that we live in, we may not review each development with the same awe as we would some 20+ years back, at the peak of the...

IBM has accelerated its hybrid cloud capabilities by unveiling a cloud platform that allows enterprises to quickly build apps in a secure manner and deploy them across public, private and on-premises environments. Enterprises today are spending more...

Click here for a text transcript of the infographic. A Hybrid Cloud with Bluemix IBM Bluemix first launched as a public PaaS offering, revolutionizing the development landscape. Then we launched a dedicated service, enabling companies to have their own...

In February 2015 IBM announced a preview of Bluemix Local , complementing its public and dedicated offerings. Bluemix Local will be delivered as a managed service behind the firewall, helping enterprise customers deliver with speed and agility around even...

In February 2015 IBM announced a preview of Bluemix Local , complementing its public and dedicated offerings. Bluemix Local will be delivered as a managed service behind the firewall, helping enterprise customers deliver with speed and agility around even...

Rational Developer for System z v9.0 was recently released. This release prevented users from be able to take advantage of our local help due to a known issue where the plugin " org.eclipse.jetty.webapp " is missing. Symptoms: Users receive the...

MORE THAN ADS. WHY SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE PLACE TO BE? People are constantly hooked up with their smartphones and their tablets are always within arm's reach so it makes it even more profitable for businesses to connect to them through the web....

MORE THAN POSITIVE REP. Web Reputation Management (Online Identity Management / Personal Branding) An owner understands that his business’ public image means everything -- you could lose partners, employees, and customers with a negative...

MORE THAN A WEBSITE. WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT In the off chance that you don't have a website yet (I know, shucks), it's never too late to have one. Just get the web’s hosting and the domain registration and we'll handle the whole shebang....

Sometimes, the Java developers that are new to the JavaScript world have a confusion regarding the variable scoping in JavaScript. This post resolves this confusion: http://www.technicaladvices.com/2013/02/15/checking-the-local-storage-limits-across-the-browse...

In this post, I show you how to check the limits of the local storage quota across the different browsers: http://www.technicaladvices.com/2013/02/15/checking-the-local-storage-limits-across-the-browsers/

Introduction Recently I discussed the motivation behind using anonymous blocks. The reasoning was centered around the need to execute complex scripts on the server without being able or willing to define a routine in the database's catalog. Inside of an...

The DB2 for LUW team has been busily driving down the cost of enabling Oracle applications since that effort started with DB2 9.7. Every DB2 9.7 fixpack up to DB2 9.7.5 has contained features to incrementally increase the level of compatibility allowing users...

I have been wondering why the lower end POWER7 machines have local and far memory and not local and near. Perhaps you wondered too! Well at the Miami Power Technical University, I got to talk to Dr Joel Tendler (IBMer) and a POWER7 processor guru and put the...

Finally, I have the types of memory by POWER7 model double checked. I refreshed the table in part 1 but thought I should make sure every one sees the final version so I have not mislead people. Only the Power 770/780 and Power 797 have Near memory. All the...

On Power6 the largest machine was the Power 595 with 64 Physical CPUs (cores) across eight CPU books in the machine - each CPU book having 4 Power6 chips and so 8 CPUs (Power6 is a dual CPU chip design). However, with Power7 that has stepped up to 256 CPUs...